Rachel Cornelia Douglas

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Rachel Cornelia Douglas

Birthdate:
Death: September 23, 1901 (5-6)
Heilbron, Northern Free State, Free State, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Henry Douglas, b2c8 and Anna Catharina Douglas
Sister of Sophia Adriana Jooste; Anna Catharina van den Berg and James Willem Hendrik Douglas

Managed by: J Herman Potgieter
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About Rachel Cornelia Douglas

As far as I have been able to determine, she died in the concentration camp in Heilbron during the Boer war.

Boer War: Heilbron Concentration Camp

  • Name: Miss Rachel Cornelia Douglas
  • Other Names: Rachel Cornelia
  • Born in camp? No
  • Place of death: Heilbron RC
  • Age died: 6 years
  • Died in camp? Yes
  • Cause of death: measles & bronchitis
  • Gender: female
  • Race: white
  • Marital status: single
  • Nationality: Free State
  • Registration as child: Yes
  • Unique ID: 24392

Camp History

  • Name: Heilbron RC

Farm History

  • Name: Picksfontein
  • District: Heilbron

Sources

  • Title: RS 29 ORC DL
  • Type: Death lists
  • Location: National Archives, Pretoria
  • Reference No.: RS 29
  • Origin: Goldman
  • Notes: p.73
  • Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
  • Location:
  • Notes: 11/10/1901, p.556


  • Death (23/09/1901) :"South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6QHP-V?cc=3040532 : 24 August 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.
    • Death Notice: Rachel Cornelia Douglas
    • Father: Robert Hendrik Douglas
    • Mother: Anna Cathrina Roets
    • Informant: Alfred Smith (Assistant Superintendent, Heilbron RC)
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Rachel Cornelia Douglas's Timeline

1895
1895
1901
September 23, 1901
Age 6
Heilbron, Northern Free State, Free State, South Africa